158.816 Annual statewide analysis and report of academic achievement of technical
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education students -- Assistance plan -- Occupation skill standards and
assessments.
(1)The Department of Education, with involvement of representatives from the local
school districts and teacher preparation institutions, shall complete an annual
statewide analysis and report of academic achievement of technical education
students who have completed or are enrolled in a sequence of a technical program
of at least three
(3)high school credits.
(a)The analysis shall include the previous year's results from the state assessment
program described in KRS 158.6453. The data shall be disaggregated for all
high school students by career cluster areas of agriculture, business and
marketing, human services, health services, transportation, construction,
communication, and manufacturing and by special populations. Where
available, disaggregated data from other national assessments shall also be
used.
(b)In addition to assessment scores required under paragraph
(a)of this
subsection, the analysis shall include:
1. The number of students who took state or national assessments of skill
standards and qualified for skills certificates;
2. The number of senior concentrators as defined in the Carl D. Perkins
Vocational and Technical Education Act, Pub. L. No. 105-332, who
have attained a high school diploma or equivalent;
3. The number of students who made successful transitions to work,
military, or postsecondary education. A successful transition to
postsecondary education means a student enters directly into advanced
training, a certificate program, or a degree program without having to
take remedial academic courses;
4. The number of students employed in nontraditional careers; and
5. Other factors deemed appropriate by the state education agencies or
required under federal law.
(a)The Department of Education shall coordinate the development of a statewide
technical assistance plan to aid providers of programs in identifying areas for
improvement for those schools that do not meet their school performance goal
and for those schools where technical students as a group do not score equal to
or better than the school average in each of the academic areas. The plan shall
address methodologies for further analysis at each school including but not
limited to:
1. The academic course-taking patterns of the technical students;
2. The rigor and intensity of the technical programs and expectations for
student performance in reading, math, science, and writing and other
academic skills as well as in technical skill development;
3. The level of communication and collaboration between teachers in
technical programs and academic programs, planning, and opportunity
for analyzing student achievement, particularly between faculty in the
comprehensive high schools with the faculty in state-operated or locally
operated secondary area centers and vocational departments;
4. The faculties' understanding of Kentucky's program of studies, academic
expectations, and core content for assessment;
5. The knowledge and understanding of academic teachers and technical
teachers in integrating mutually supportive curricula content;
6. The level of curricula alignment and articulation in grades eight
(8)to
sixteen (16);
7. The availability of extra help for students in meeting higher standards;
8. The availability and adequacy of school career and guidance counseling;
9. The availability and adequacy of work-based learning;
10. The availability and adequacy of distance learning and educational
technology;
11. The adequacy of involvement of business and industry in curricula,
work-based learning, and program development; and
12. The adequacy of teachers' preparation to prepare them for teaching both
academic and technical skills to all students that are necessary for
successful transition to postsecondary education, work, or the military.
(b)1. The department and the office, in cooperation with the Education
Professional Standards Board, teacher preparation programs,
postsecondary education institutions, and other appropriate partners,
shall ensure that academic core content is embedded or integrated within
the performance requirements for teacher education students.
2. Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year and thereafter, the Education
Professional Standards Board shall, as a condition of program approval,
require career and technical educator preparation programs to include
instructional techniques for teacher education students to embed reading,
mathematics, and science knowledge and skills into all career and
technical education instruction at the secondary level.
(c)The department, in cooperation with the Kentucky Community and Technical
College System, shall encourage postsecondary education and business and
industry to provide professional development and training opportunities to
engage technical faculty in continuous improvement activities to enhance their
instructional skills.
(d)The department shall continue efforts with business and industry to develop
occupation skill standards and assessments. All efforts shall be made with the
involvement of business, industry, and labor. Skill standards and assessments,
where available, shall be used as the focus of the curricula.
(4)The department shall consult with the Education Professional Standards Board in
carrying out the requirements of this section as they relate to teacher preparation.